The One and Only Benedict WongSpy. Scientist. Sorcerer Supreme. Finally, with 3 Body Problem, the actor plays someone like himself.
ByNicholas Quah
album review
Our Sweetheart of the RodeoBeyoncé’s Cowboy Carter chronicles an artist with a voice pliable enough (and a following large enough) to crash whatever scene she pleases.
ByCraig Jenkins
documentaries
Two StevesSteve Martin’s life is split into distinct halves in Morgan Neville’s refreshing new documentary about the comedy legend.
No One Ends a Comedy Show Like Tig NotaroIn her specials and albums, the stand-up constantly pushes the boundaries of what audiences might expect from a closing joke.
ByHershal Pandya
movie review
Did We Really Need Kaiju to Get All Cute?Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire doesn’t deliver the giant-monster goods, but it does make its creatures disconcertingly adorable.
ByAlison Willmore
one love
The Flattening of Bob Marley’s RadicalismThe biopic One Love continues a long tradition of downplaying the late reggae star’s lifelong commitment to the liberation of Black people.
3 Body Problem’s Imagination ProblemIn ignoring humanity’s wider reaction to the end of the world, the Netflix adaptation fails to find gravity in its final scene.
ByRoxana Hadadi
oral history
‘We Were a Part of History’Beyoncé and the Chicks’ audacious CMAs set, and the volatile reaction offstage, as told by its background performers.
ByZach Schonfeld
comedy review
Jerrod Carmichael Makes the Camera His GodIn his HBO series, the comedian needles at whether the spectacle of his own personality and pain eclipses his ability to care about others.
ByKathryn VanArendonk
profile
The TroubadourHow Alynda Segarra, a former train-hopping punk from the Bronx, became one of America’s best songwriters.
ByJenn Pelly
remember that time
A Gunshot in the CourtroomTen years after Will’s demise, Josh Charles and The Good Wife’s creators reflect: “The only wall high enough to keep the two lovers apart was death.”
Who’s the Most Overdue for an Oscar Right Now?For some, the most-nominated people are the ones who “deserve” to win. But that’s an awfully clinical way of looking at this! Ever heard of vibes?
We Don’t Know AnythingThe Oscar-winning Anatomy of a Fall is a courtroom thriller and a marital drama, but it’s also about how we’ve lost the ability to grasp reality.
ByBilge Ebiri
movie review
Bustin’ Makes Me Feel BlehIn Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, the jokes are witless, the emotions artless, and the film joyless.
ByBilge Ebiri
good one
This Is JuddThe director’s recent DGA Awards monologue was a window into current industry trends. He has some thoughts.
Top Chef Serves Up Chaos MenuThe venerable cooking competition returns in reinvention mode, but its newly Bear-ified visual style feels undercooked.
ByRoxana Hadadi
movie review
A New Road House by Way of Looney TunesJake Gyllenhaal is better at oddballs than heroes — thank God he’s playing one of the former in this Road House remake.
A Final Farewell to Ryuichi SakamotoA new concert film, Opus, represents the culmination of a lifelong journey from effusive maximalism to gentle simplicity.
